playing with a console controller.

[Tyrannis]

ive been flying with nothing but a mouse&keyboard for 5 years now. (with a short-lived 2 months using a wireless logitech stick) and its starting to get old, i heard some of the players on here use console controllers and have decided to try that out, but i need some help setting it up 

i have a ps3 controller.

when i plug the usb cord from my ps3 into the computer(With the controller plugged in aswell) it poped up saying it was succesfully downloaded, but the controllers lights are still blinking like its searching for a connection, did i do something wrong or does it just do this, but still work?

when using it in-game. does the game auto-set keys for the controller? or do you have to go in and set them 1 by 1?

when i unplug the controller from the computer, to plug back into my ps3, will i have to redownload and reset the controls for aceshigh to thwe controller every time i plug it back into the computer?


any other help,suggestions would be very helpful 

[EskimoJoe]

I hope you brought your flame suit!
 

[321BAR]

ive been flying with nothing but a mouse&keyboard for 5 years now. (with a short-lived 2 months using a wireless logitech stick) and its starting to get old, i heard some of the players on here use console controllers and have decided to try that out, but i need some help setting it up 

i have a ps3 controller.

when i plug the usb cord from my ps3 into the computer(With the controller plugged in aswell) it poped up saying it was succesfully downloaded, but the controllers lights are still blinking like its searching for a connection, did i do something wrong or does it just do this, but still work?

when using it in-game. does the game auto-set keys for the controller? or do you have to go in and set them 1 by 1?

when i unplug the controller from the computer, to plug back into my ps3, will i have to redownload and reset the controls for aceshigh to thwe controller every time i plug it back into the computer?


any other help,suggestions would be very helpful 

you said youve flown 5 years but you havent realized that the game does not auto set anything for controls yet?

[Tyrannis]

you said youve flown 5 years but you havent realized that the game does not auto set anything for controls yet?

ive never messed with the controls or anything before, ive been using the default mouse settings this whole time. so i didnt have any clue if it would auto-set or not if i decided to use a controller.

i plugged it in earlyer, in the "select controller" section it comes up as "playstation(R)3 controller" but i really dont know how to set the controls to the ps3s controls, because they dont come up as "l2 r2 r1 x triangle" on the options screen, they come up as 1 2 3 4 5 6 etc, was hoping someone could tell me which was which.

[321BAR]

i plugged it in earlyer, in the "select controller" section it comes up as "playstation(R)3 controller" but i really dont know how to set the controls to the ps3s controls, because they dont come up as "l2 r2 r1 x triangle" on the options screen, they come up as 1 2 3 4 5 6 etc, was hoping someone could tell me which was which.

press the buttons on the controller. when you are in the settings section. it will automatically highlight which button it is.

[Tyrannis]

press the buttons on the controller. when you are in the settings section. it will automatically highlight which button it is.

in the "map controllers" section? or "map keys"?

[321BAR]

in the "map controllers" section? or "map keys"?

controllers

[Tyrannis]

controllers

its not doing anything, do i have to set it to a new mode? im currently on mode 1.

[321BAR]

its not doing anything, do i have to set it to a new mode? im currently on mode 1.

it should be able to recognize the controller buttons for all modes. fighter bomber gv etc. there should not be any problems with the game finding the buttons for you.

[dkff49]

You do need to make sure that your controller is plugged in before starting the game up. The game won't recognize anything that is plugged in after the game has loaded either.

[Tyrannis]

You do need to make sure that your controller is plugged in before starting the game up. The game won't recognize anything that is plugged in after the game has loaded either.

i have it plugged into the computer, i tryed the "pressing buttons" thing, didnt highlight anything. actually screwed my controls up bad. took me a couple mins just to get them back to the default mouse controls.

[Mar]

I'm pretty sure the PS3's controller cable is for recharging only.

[NormH3]

I'm not familiar with PS3 hardware, but you might want to read this. Good luck!

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/ps3-controller-on-pc.html

[infowars]

Your supposed to fly with a stick...  duh

[jolly22]

Quick fix..Get a joystick......ST290 will last a few months, Get he mfor about 25 bucks on walmart.com